US20180142350A1 - Film formation processing method and film formation procesing apparatus - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a technique for forming a silicon nitride film along an inner wall surface of a recess which constitutes a pattern formed on a surface of a substrate.
- SiN film silicon nitride film
- ALD Atomic Layer Deposition
- a film formation process is performed inside a processing chamber by rotating (revolving) a mounting table about an axis line so that a substrate mounting region formed in the mounting table sequentially passes through a first region and a second region inside the processing chamber.
- a dichlorosilane (DCS) gas is supplied from an injection portion of a first gas supply part so that Si is adsorbed onto the substrate.
- An unnecessary DCS gas is exhausted from an exhaust port formed so as to surround the injection portion.
- a nitrogen (N 2 ) gas or an ammonia (NH 3 ) gas, which is a reaction gas, is supplied to the second region and excited therein.
- the Si adsorbed onto the substrate is nitrided by active species of the reaction gas to form a SiN film.
- a dense SiN film is formed using ALD.
- the denseness of the SiN film should be further enhanced.
- a gas cannot be sufficiently supplied to a lower side of a recess constituting the pattern.
- the etching rate of the SiN film in the longitudinal direction of the recess is not made uniform in a subsequent etching process of the sacrificial film. Therefore, for example, in a case where a wiring material is embedded after the sacrificial film is removed with the SiN film failing to sufficiently play the role of the underlying film, there is a concern that the electrical characteristics of a device may be adversely affected.
- Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a technique capable of, when forming a silicon nitride film along an inner wall surface of a recess constituting a pattern formed on a surface of substrate, enhancing the uniformity of a film quality of the silicon nitride film in a longitudinal direction of the recess while making the silicon nitride film dense.
- a film formation processing method for forming, in a vacuum atmosphere, a silicon nitride film along an inner wall surface of a recess constituting a pattern formed on a surface of a substrate which includes: forming the silicon nitride film on the substrate by repeating, plural times, a process of supplying a raw material gas containing silicon to the substrate and subsequently, supplying an ammonia gas to the substrate to generate a silicon nitride on the substrate; and subsequently, modifying the silicon nitride film by activating a hydrogen gas and an ammonia gas and supplying the activated hydrogen gas and the activated ammonia gas to the substrate.
- a film formation processing apparatus for forming, in a vacuum atmosphere, a silicon nitride film along an inner wall surface of a recess constituting a pattern formed on a surface of a substrate, which includes: a vacuum container in which a mounting part for mounting the substrate thereon is installed; a raw material gas supply part configured to supply a raw material gas containing silicon to the substrate; a reaction gas supply part configured to supply an ammonia gas to the substrate; a modification gas supply part configured to supply a hydrogen gas and an ammonia gas to the substrate; an exhaust mechanism configured to evacuate an interior of the vacuum container; and a control part configured to execute: forming the silicon nitride film on the substrate by repeating, plural times, a process of supplying the raw material gas containing silicon to the substrate and subsequently supplying the ammonia gas to the substrate to generate a silicon nitride on the substrate; and subsequently, modifying the silicon nitride film formed on the substrate by activating the
- FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of a film formation processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 2 is a transverse sectional plan view of the film formation processing apparatus.
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of the film formation processing apparatus as viewed from the top side.
- FIG. 4 is a plan view of a raw material gas unit installed in a first region as viewed from the lower side.
- FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional side view of a first modification region or a second modification region formed in the film formation processing apparatus.
- FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view of a wafer surface on which a SiN film is formed according to the present disclosure.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a film formation processing method of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional side view showing another example of the film formation processing apparatus to which the present disclosure is applied.
- FIG. 9 is a characteristic diagram showing a film thickness distribution of an example.
- FIG. 10 is a characteristic diagram showing a film thickness distribution of a comparative example.
- FIG. 11 is a characteristic diagram showing a film thickness distribution of a comparative example.
- a configuration of a film formation processing apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 .
- a thin film of a silicon nitride film (SiN film) is formed on a semiconductor wafer (hereinafter referred to as “wafer”) W used as a substrate by reacting a raw material gas containing silicon (Si), for example, a dichlorosilane (SiH 2 Cl 2 : DCS) gas, with an ammonia (NH 3 ) gas.
- Si silicon nitride film
- the silicon nitride film is described as SiN regardless of the stoichiometric ratio of Si and N. Accordingly, the description of SiN includes, for example, Si 3 N 4 .
- the film formation processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes a vacuum container 11 defining a process space in which a film formation process is performed.
- the vacuum container 11 includes a container body 13 which defines a side wall and a bottom wall of the vacuum container 11 , and a top plate 12 which airtightly closes an upper opening of the container body 13 .
- a disk-shaped rotary table 2 is installed inside the vacuum container 11 and is configured to be rotatable about a vertical axis by a rotary drive mechanism 15 such as a motor or the like via a rotary shaft 14 extending vertically downward.
- each of the mounting regions 21 is configured as a circular recess having a slightly larger diameter than that of the wafer W.
- the mounting regions 21 constitute mounting portions on which substrates are mounted.
- a flat annular groove portion 45 is formed in the bottom surface of the container body 13 along the circumferential direction of the rotary table 2 .
- a heater 46 is disposed inside the annular groove portion 45 . As shown in FIGS.
- a loading/unloading port 101 configured to be opened and closed by a gate valve (not shown) is formed in a side wall surface of the vacuum container 11 (the container body 13 ).
- a wafer W held by an external transfer mechanism (not shown) is loaded into the vacuum container 11 via the loading/unloading port 101 and is delivered on each of the mounting regions 21 of the rotary table 2 using lift pins (not shown).
- the film formation processing apparatus includes a raw material gas unit 3 constituting a raw material gas supply part.
- the raw material gas unit 3 is installed on the lower surface of the top plate 12 facing the upper surface of the rotary table 2 .
- the plan-view shape of the raw material gas unit 3 is a fan shape formed by partitioning a revolution plane R A of the mounting regions 21 in a direction intersecting with a revolution direction of the mounting regions 21 .
- the revolution plane R A is an annular region surrounded by a one-dot chain line in FIG. 2 , namely a region through which the mounting regions 21 pass when the rotary table 2 is rotated.
- gas discharge ports 331 , an exhaust port 321 and a purge gas discharge port 311 which constitute a discharge part, are opened in the lower surface of the raw material gas unit 3 .
- the exhaust port 321 and the purge gas discharge port 311 are indicated by a large number of dots.
- the large number of gas discharge ports 331 are arranged in a fan-shaped region 330 inward of the peripheral edge of the lower surface of the raw material gas unit 3 .
- the gas discharge ports 331 discharge a DCS gas as the raw material gas downward in the form of a shower.
- the raw material gas containing silicon is not limited to the DCS gas.
- hexachlorodisilane HCD
- TCS tetrachlorosilane
- Gas flow paths are formed in the raw material gas unit 3 so that the raw material gas can be supplied independently to the respective gas discharge ports 331 . Upstream sides of the gas flow paths are connected to a DCS gas supply source via a pipe provided with a gas supply device composed of a valve and a mass flow controller. The illustration of the gas supply device, the pipe and the DCS gas supply source is omitted herein.
- the exhaust port 321 and the purge gas discharge port 311 are annularly opened in the peripheral edge of the lower surface of the raw material gas unit 3 so as to surround the fan-shaped region 330 and face the upper surface of the rotary table 2 .
- the purge gas discharge port 311 is positioned outward of the exhaust port 321 .
- a region inward of the exhaust port 321 above the rotary table 2 constitutes an adsorption region R 1 where the adsorption of the raw material gas onto the surface of the wafer W is performed.
- An exhaust mechanism (not shown) is connected to the exhaust port 321 .
- a supply source (not shown) of a purge gas, for example, an argon (Ar) gas, is connected to the purge gas discharge port 311 .
- the discharge of the raw material gas from the gas discharge ports 331 , the exhaust of the raw material gas from the exhaust port 321 and the discharge of the purge gas from the purge gas discharge port 311 are performed together.
- the raw material gas and the purge gas discharged toward the rotary table 2 are directed to the exhaust port 321 along the upper surface of the rotary table 2 and are exhausted from the exhaust port 321 .
- the atmosphere in the adsorption region R 1 is separated from the external atmosphere so that the raw material gas can be limitedly supplied to the adsorption region R 1 .
- the purge gas also plays a role of removing excessive raw material gas adsorbed onto the wafer W.
- reaction region R 2 to which a plasmarized NH 3 gas is supplied will be described.
- the reaction region R 2 is defined apart from the raw material gas unit 3 in the rotational direction of the rotary table 2 (in this embodiment, clockwise when viewed from the upper side).
- the reaction region R 2 there are provided two gas injectors 71 and 72 that constitute a reaction gas supply part for supplying an NH 3 gas to the wafer W.
- the gas injectors 71 and 72 are formed in an elongated rod shape so as to extend in the radial direction of the rotary table 2 (in the direction crossing the revolution direction of the mounting regions 21 ).
- the two gas injectors 71 and 72 are inserted in a mutually spaced-apart relationship along the circumferential direction of the rotary table 2 .
- one gas injector 71 is installed at the upstream side of the reaction region R 2 in the rotational direction.
- the other gas injector 72 is installed at the downstream side of the reaction region R 2 in the rotational direction.
- Each of the gas injectors 71 and 72 is inserted substantially horizontally from the side wall surface of the vacuum container 11 (the container body 13 ) toward the rotational center of the rotary table 2 .
- the interior of each of the gas injectors 71 and 72 is hollow.
- a flow path through which a gas flows in the length direction thereof is formed in the interior of each of the gas injectors 71 and 72 .
- a plurality of gas discharge holes (not shown) is formed in the side surfaces of the gas injectors 71 and 72 in a mutually spaced-apart relationship over a range where an NH 3 gas can be supplied to the entire surface of the wafer W mounted on each of the mounting regions 21 .
- the gas injectors 71 and 72 are connected to an NH 3 gas supply source 54 via opening/closing valves V 3 and V 4 , and flow rate adjustment parts 541 and 542 , respectively.
- a supply source (not shown) of an inert gas, for example, an Ar gas, is connected to each of the gas injectors 71 and 72 and is configured to supply an Ar gas whose flow rate is adjusted, at a predetermined timing.
- the plasma formation part 6 includes an antenna part 60 that radiates microwaves toward the inside of the vacuum container 11 , a coaxial waveguide 65 that supplies the microwaves toward the antenna part 60 , and a microwave generator 69 .
- the antenna part 60 is installed in the top plate 12 at a position above the reaction region R 2 .
- the antenna part 60 closes a substantially triangular opening corresponding to the reaction region R 2 .
- the antenna part 60 is configured as a radial line slot antenna (RLSA (registered trademark of Tokyo Electron Limited)) that includes a dielectric window 61 , a slot plate 62 , a dielectric plate 63 and a cooling jacket 64 .
- the dielectric window 61 is to shorten the wavelength of microwaves.
- the peripheral edge portion of the dielectric window 61 is supported by a member existing around the opening formed in the top plate 12 .
- a large number of slot holes 621 are formed in the slot plate 62 .
- the dielectric plate 63 is installed on the slot plate 62 .
- reference numeral 651 denotes an inner conductor of the coaxial waveguide 65
- reference numeral 652 denotes an outer conductor of the coaxial waveguide 65
- the coaxial waveguide 65 is connected to the microwave generator 69 via a mode converter 66 , a waveguide 67 and a tuner 68 which is a matcher.
- the microwave generator 69 generates microwaves having a frequency of, for example, 2.45 GHz.
- the microwaves generated by the microwave generator 69 are supplied to the dielectric plate 63 through the coaxial waveguide 65 and are supplied to a space below the dielectric window 61 from the dielectric window 61 via the slot holes 621 of the slot plate 62 .
- the wafer W mounted on each of the mounting regions 21 passes through the reaction region R 2 , whereby the plasmarized NH 3 gas is supplied to the entire surface of the wafer W.
- an exhaust groove 191 for discharging the NH 3 gas therethrough is formed outward of the region where the reaction region R 2 is formed, along the circumferential direction of the rotary table 2 .
- An exhaust port 190 A is opened in the bottom of the exhaust groove 191 .
- An exhaust mechanism 57 for evacuating the inside of the vacuum container 11 is connected to the exhaust port 190 A via an exhaust path 19 .
- the film formation processing apparatus includes a first modification region r 1 and a second modification region r 2 which perform a modification process with respect to the SiN film.
- the first modification region r 1 is defined at the downstream side of the adsorption region R 1 and the upstream side of the reaction region R 2 when viewed along the rotational direction of the rotary table 2 .
- the second modification region r 2 is defined at the downstream side of the reaction region R 2 and the upstream side of the adsorption region R 1 when viewed along the rotational direction.
- Each of the first modified region r 1 and the second modified region r 2 is formed as a substantially triangular region obtained by partitioning the above-described revolution plane R A , through which the mounting regions 21 passes, in the direction intersecting with the revolution direction.
- Respective devices installed in the first modification region r 1 and the second modification region r 2 have a common configuration.
- the first modification region r 1 will be described by way of example with reference to FIG. 5 which is a common enlarged vertical sectional side view.
- first gas discharge ports 703 for supplying a modification gas into the first modification region r 1 from the peripheral side of the rotary table 2 toward the central side thereof
- second gas discharge ports 704 for supplying a modification gas into the first modification region r 1 from the central side of the rotary table 2 toward the peripheral side thereof.
- a combination of the first gas discharge ports 703 and the second gas discharge ports 704 constitutes a modification gas supply part for supplying an H 2 gas and an NH 3 gas, which are modification gases, to the wafer W.
- the first gas discharge ports 703 are formed in the inner peripheral surface of the opening formed in the top plate 12 which supports the dielectric window 61 , so that a gas can be supplied toward a region under the dielectric window 61 installed in the antenna part 60 of the plasma formation part 6 ( 6 B) to be described later.
- the first gas discharge ports 703 are arranged at multiple positions in a mutually spaced-apart relationship along one side of the peripheral side of the rotary table 2 in the first modification region r 1 .
- the first gas discharge ports 703 communicate with a first gas supply path 184 formed to extend along the one side of the peripheral side of the first modification region r 1 .
- the second gas discharge ports 704 are formed at multiple positions (for example, two positions) in a mutually spaced-apart relationship along a vertex-side region of a substantially triangular shape, which is opposite the one side of the peripheral side where the first gas discharge ports 703 are formed.
- the second gas discharge ports 704 communicate with a common second gas supply path 185 formed in the vertex-side region of the first modification region r 1 .
- the modification process includes a first modification process performed during the cycle of the film formation process (to be described later) and a second modification process performed after the cycle of the film formation process.
- a hydrogen (H 2 ) gas is used as the modification gas in the first modification process.
- An H 2 gas and an NH 3 gas are used as the modification gas in the second modification process.
- the first gas supply path 184 is connected to an H 2 gas supply source 55 via an opening/closing valve V 61 and a flow rate adjustment part 551 and is also connected to an NH 3 gas supply source 54 via an opening/closing valve V 62 and a flow rate adjustment part 561 .
- the second gas supply path 185 is connected to the H 2 gas supply source 55 via an opening/closing valve V 71 and a flow rate adjustment part 552 and is also connected to the NH 3 gas supply source 54 via an opening/closing valve V 72 and a flow rate adjustment part 562 .
- the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas are discharged into the vacuum container 11 from the first gas discharge ports 703 and the second gas discharge ports 704 , while being mixed with each other in the middle of respective pipes at the downstream sides of the valves V 61 and V 71 , respectively.
- the plasma formation part 6 ( 6 B) which constitutes a plasmarization mechanism for plasmarizing the modification gas is installed in the first modification region r 1 .
- a configuration of the plasma formation part 6 B is common to the configuration of the plasma formation part 6 A for the reaction gas described with reference to FIG. 6 and therefore, the repeated description will be omitted.
- an exhaust groove 191 including an exhaust port 190 B through which the modification gas is discharged outward of the vacuum container 11 .
- the second modification region r 2 is configured similarly to the first modification region r 1 . Further, a configuration of the plasma formation part 6 ( 6 C) that constitutes a plasmarization mechanism for plasmarizing the modification gas is similar to the configuration of the plasma formation part 6 A. An exhaust port 190 C for the modification gas is formed at the downstream side of the second modification region r 2 in the rotational direction.
- the modification gas is discharged from the first gas discharge ports 703 formed at the peripheral side of the rotary table 2 and the second gas discharge ports 704 formed at the central side of the rotary table 2 in the direction intersecting with the revolution direction of the mounting regions 21 .
- the modification gas flows toward the exhaust port 190 B formed at the upstream side in the rotational direction in a direction away from the reaction region R 2 .
- the modification gas flows toward the exhaust port 190 C formed at the downstream side in the rotational direction in a direction away from the reaction region R 2 .
- FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view of the surface of the wafer W after a SiN film is formed by the film formation processing apparatus.
- reference numeral 80 denotes a silicon substrate in which a recess 81 constituting a pattern is formed.
- An SiO 2 film 82 and an SiN film 83 are sequentially stacked on the surface of the silicon substrate.
- the SiN film 83 is formed by the film formation processing method of the present disclosure.
- the sacrificial film is removed by etching.
- the depth and the width of the recess 81 of the wafer W are indicated as L 1 and L 2 , respectively.
- the aspect ratio L 1 /L 2 is, for example, 5 to 40.
- a step of forming a SiN film on the wafer W is executed by repeating, multiple times, a process of supplying a raw material gas to the wafer W and then supplying an NH 3 gas to the wafer W, thereby producing a nitride of Si on the wafer W.
- the gate valve of the loading/unloading port 101 is opened.
- the wafer W is loaded into the vacuum container 11 by an external transfer mechanism.
- the wafer W is delivered onto one of the mounting regions 21 of the rotary table 2 using lift pins (not shown) (step S 1 ).
- the delivery of the wafer W is performed by intermittently rotating the rotary table 2 , whereby the wafers W are mounted on all the mounting regions 21 . Subsequently, the transfer mechanism is moved back and the gate valve of the loading/unloading port 101 is closed. At this time, the interior of the vacuum container 11 is exhausted to a predetermined pressure in advance by the exhaust mechanism 57 and the exhaust mechanism of the raw material gas unit 3 . In addition, a purge gas is supplied from the purge gas discharge port 311 .
- the rotary table 2 is rotated in a clockwise direction and the wafer W is heated by the heater 46 while maintaining a preset rotation speed (step S 2 ). If it is determined by a temperature sensor (not shown) that the temperature of the wafer W has reached a predetermined set temperature, for example, 475 degrees C., the supply of a raw material gas (DCS gas) from the gas discharge ports 331 of the raw material gas unit 3 , the supply of an NH 3 gas and an Ar gas from the gas injectors 71 and 72 installed in the reaction region R 2 , and the supply of an H 2 gas from the first gas discharge ports 703 and the second gas discharge ports 704 formed in the first modification region r 1 and the second modification region r 2 are started, respectively. In addition, simultaneously with the start of the supply of these gases, microwaves are supplied from the antenna part 60 of the plasma formation part 6 ( 6 A to 6 C).
- DCS gas raw material gas
- an internal pressure of the vacuum container 11 is kept at a predetermined pressure having a range of, for example, 66.5 Pa (0.5 Torr) to 665 Pa (5 Torr), specifically 266 Pa (2 Torr) in this example.
- the DCS gas and the Ar gas are discharged from the gas discharge ports 331 and the purge gas discharge port 311 at predetermined flow rates, respectively, and are exhausted from the exhaust port 321 .
- the DCS gas flows inside the adsorption region R 1 which is a limited region extending up to the exhaust port 321 surrounding the gas discharge ports 331 .
- the DCS gas as a raw material gas containing silicon is supplied and adsorbed onto the surface of the wafer W (step S 3 ).
- the rotary table 2 is further rotated, the wafer W is moved outward of the adsorption region R 1 and the purge gas is supplied to the surface of the wafer W so that the adsorbed surplus DCS gas is removed.
- the H 2 gas is plasmarized and the flow of the H 2 gas oriented to the exhaust port 190 B is formed.
- the first modification process is performed by the active species of the H 2 gas contained in the plasma. Dangling bonds in the SiN film are bonded to H, whereby the SiN film is modified into a dense film (step S 4 ).
- the NH 3 gas is plasmarized and the flow of the NH 3 gas oriented to the exhaust port 190 A is formed.
- active species such as radicals including N (nitrogen) generated from the NH 3 gas and constituting plasma of the NH 3 gas are supplied to the surface of the respective wafer W.
- the active species of the NH 3 gas are supplied to the wafer W and reacts with the raw material existing on the wafer W to form a nitride layer (SiN layer) (step S 5 ).
- the H 2 gas is plasmarized, and the flow of the H 2 gas oriented to the exhaust port 190 C is formed.
- the first modification process is performed by the active species of the H 2 gas contained in the plasma so that the SiN film is modified to a dense film (step S 6 ).
- step S 7 The cycle of the processes respectively performed in the adsorption region R 1 , the first modification region r 1 , the reaction region R 2 and the second modification region r 2 is defined as one film forming cycle. Then, in step S 7 , the supply of the DCS gas, the supply of the active species of the H 2 gas, the supply of the active species of the NH 3 gas and the supply of the active species of the H 2 gas are sequentially repeated until it is determined that the film forming cycle has been repeated a predetermined number of times, whereby SiN is deposited on the surface of the wafer W to form a SiN layer.
- step S 7 when it is determined that the film forming cycle has been repeated the predetermined number of times, namely when the film thickness of the SiN film is increased and the SiN film having a desired film thickness is formed, the film formation process is terminated. For example, the discharge and exhaust of the respective gases in the raw material gas unit 3 is stopped. Furthermore, the supply of the NH 3 gas and the supply of the electric power in the reaction region R 2 , and the supply of the H 2 gas in the first modification region r 1 and the second modification region r 2 are stopped, respectively.
- a step (second modification process) of activating the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas, supplying the activated gases to the wafer W and modifying the SiN film is performed.
- the second modification process is started in a state in which the internal pressure of the vacuum container 11 and the temperature of the rotary table 2 are made the same as those in the film formation process and in which the rotary table 2 is rotated (step S 8 ).
- the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas as second modification gases are supplied and the electric power is supplied to the plasma formation parts 6 B and 6 C, thereby performing the second modification process (step S 9 ).
- the supply of the NH 3 gas and the Ar gas in the raw material gas unit 3 and the reaction region R 2 and the supply of the electric power to the plasma formation part 6 A remain stopped.
- a mixed gas of the H2 gas and the NH3 gas is supplied from the first gas discharge ports 703 and the second gas discharge ports 704 , respectively. That is to say, in this example, the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas are simultaneously supplied to the wafer W. Then, the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas are activated (plasmarized) by the microwaves of the plasma formation parts 6 B and 6 C, whereby active species of the H 2 gas and active species of the NH 3 gas are generated. Then, the dangling bonds in the SiN film are bonded to H by the active species, whereby the SiN film is modified into a dense film.
- the DCS gas contains chlorine (Cl)
- the DCS gas contains chlorine (Cl)
- the DCS gas when used as a raw material gas, there is a possibility that a chlorine component is incorporated as an impurity into the SiN film to be formed. Therefore, by activating the mixed gas of the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas in the first and second modification regions r 1 and r 2 , the chlorine component contained in the thin film is desorbed by the action of H radicals, whereby the SiN film is modified into a more pure (dense) nitride film.
- the reason for using the plasma of the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas in the second modification process is to make sure that, even for a pattern having a large aspect ratio, the H radicals-based modification process proceeds almost uniformly in the vertical direction of the recess 81 .
- the SiN film 83 formed on the surface of the wafer W four positions in the vertical direction of the SiN film 83 are defined as a top position A, a recess upper position B, a recess lower position C and a bottom position D.
- the modification process is performed by the plasma of the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas as in the present disclosure, the uniformity of the film quality in the vertical direction of the recess 81 is improved as compared with the example described later.
- the reason for this is presumed as follows. That is to say, by the plasmarization of the NH 3 gas, N radicals, H radicals, NH radicals, NH 2 radicals and the like are generated. The NH 2 radicals and the NH radicals are further decomposed to generate H radicals. Therefore, in a region near the bottom position D of the recess 81 , the NH 3 gas is decomposed to generate H radicals, whereby the H radicals move into the bottom position D. Thus, it is considered that the modification process proceeds sufficiently even at the bottom position D and the uniformity of the film quality in the vertical direction of the recess 81 is improved.
- a nitridation process of the SiN film is also performed with the N radicals generated by plasmarizing the NH 3 gas. Therefore, the nitridation process in the film formation process can be compensated.
- the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas are used as the modification gases, the amount of N radicals in one film forming cycle increases, and the nitridation process proceeds more easily than the modification process using the H radicals. Therefore, only the H 2 gas is used as a modification gas in the modification process. Even if the NH 3 gas is mixed with the H 2 gas, it is preferable that the NH 3 gas is smaller in amount than the H 2 gas.
- An example of process conditions in the second modification process is as follows.
- the total supply amount of the H 2 gas supplied from the first gas discharge ports 703 and the second gas discharge ports 704 is 1,000 ml/min (sccm)
- the total supply amount of the NH 3 gas is 4,250 ml/min
- the internal pressure of the vacuum container 11 is 266 Pa
- the temperature of the rotary table 2 is 475 degrees C.
- the rotation speed of the rotary table 2 is 20 rpm.
- the second modification process is executed for a preset time based on the above operation, the supply of the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas, the supply of the electric power to the plasma formation parts 6 B and 6 C and the heating of the wafer W by the heater 46 are stopped to terminate the second modification process. Then, when the temperature of the wafer W drops to a preset temperature, the wafers W are sequentially unloaded from the loading/unloading port 101 in the reverse sequence of that in the loading operation (step S 10 ).
- the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas are activated (plasmarized).
- the activated gases are supplied to the wafer W to modify the SiN film.
- active species (H radical) of hydrogen are generated after the NH 3 gas moves to the lower side in the recess 81 .
- the NH 3 gas is used as a modification gas in addition to the H 2 gas, it is possible to make the degree of modification of the SiN film uniform in the vertical direction of the recess 81 and to enhance the uniformity of the film quality of the SiN film in the vertical direction of the recess 81 while making the SiN film dense.
- the film quality of the SiN film is made uniform in the vertical direction of the recess 81 . Therefore, in a subsequent process, when a sacrificial film is embedded in the recess 81 in which the SiN film is formed, and when the sacrificial film is etched, it is possible to make the degree of etching of the SiN film uniform in the vertical direction of the recess 81 . Thus, the dimensional accuracy of the SiN film is increased. For example, in a case where a wiring material is embedded after removing the sacrificial film, it is possible to improve the electrical characteristics of a device.
- the ratio (NH 3 gas/H 2 gas) of the total supply amount of the NH 3 gas to the total supply amount of the H 2 gas is set to, for example, 0.1 to 2.0.
- the ratio of the flow rate of the NH 3 gas to the flow rate of the H 2 gas is set to, for example, 0.1 to 2.0. If the ratio is smaller than 0.1, the modification process at the bottom position D of the recess 81 does not proceed. If the ratio is larger than 2.0, there is a concern that the nitridation process will proceed with priority over the modification process.
- the ratio may be set to 1.0 or less. This is because if the proportion of the NH 3 gas in the mixed gas exceeds 50%, there is a possibility that NH groups are incorporated into the SiN film, thereby suppressing improvement of the denseness of the SiN film.
- the first modification process is performed in the film forming cycle.
- the first modification process may be not performed.
- the supply of the gases to the first modification region r 1 and the second modification region r 2 and the supply of the electric power to the plasma formation parts 6 B and 6 C are stopped.
- Other processes are performed in the same manner as the above-described film formation process.
- the film formation processing apparatus may be configured to include at least one of the first modification region r 1 and the second modification region r 2 .
- the present disclosure is not limited to the configuration in which the dedicated plasma formation part (plasmarization mechanism) 6 is installed in each of the reaction region and the modification region.
- a process region that serves as both the reaction region and the modification region may be formed and a plasmarization mechanism may be used in combination.
- the NH 3 gas is supplied from the process region and is activated by the plasmarization mechanism.
- the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas are supplied from the process region and are activated by the plasmarization mechanism.
- the process conditions such as the internal pressure of the vacuum container 11 , the temperature of the wafer W and the rotation speed of the rotary table 2 are the same as those of the process of forming the SiN film. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a decrease in throughput. Further, such process conditions may be changed.
- electric power may be supplied to the plasma formation part 6 A even in the reaction region R 2 to form plasma. This is because the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas may sometimes flow out from the first modification region r 1 and the second modification region r 2 into the reaction region R 2 and because the modification process may be performed by the active species of the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas even in the reaction region R 2 .
- the reaction gas supply part may be a single gas injector. Similar to the modification gas supply part, the first and second gas discharge ports 703 and 704 may be formed in the plasma formation part 6 A to supply the NH 3 gas.
- the modification gas supply part may be configured by a gas injector just like the reaction gas supply part.
- the raw material gas unit 3 does not necessarily need to include the purge gas discharge port 311 .
- an additional exhaust port may be formed outside the exhaust port 321 .
- the NH 3 gas and the H 2 gas may be exhausted from a region other than the adsorption region R 1 through the additional exhaust port so that the atmosphere in the adsorption region R 1 is separated from the external atmosphere.
- FIG. 8 shows another example of the film formation processing apparatus for carrying out the method of the present disclosure.
- the wafer W is first mounted on a mounting part 92 inside a vacuum container 91 .
- the interior of the vacuum container 91 is set to a vacuum atmosphere by an exhaust mechanism 93 .
- the wafer W is heated by, for example, a heater installed in the mounting part 92 .
- a DCS gas as a raw material gas is supplied from a DCS gas supply source 941 through a gas discharge port 951 formed in a gas supply part 95 to have Si adsorbed onto the surface of the wafer W.
- the supply of the DCS gas is stopped and the interior of the vacuum container 91 is exhausted to discharge the DCS gas.
- an NH 3 gas as a reaction gas is supplied from an NH 3 gas supply source 942 , and high frequency is supplied from a high frequency power supply part 96 to the gas supply part 95 .
- capacitively coupled plasma is generated by an upper electrode constituting the gas supply part 95 and a lower electrode constituting the mounting part 92 .
- the NH 3 gas is activated, and the raw material existing on the wafer W is nitrided by the active species of the NH 3 gas to form a SiN layer which is a nitride layer.
- the supply of the NH 3 gas and the supply of the high frequency are stopped, and the interior of the vacuum container 91 is exhausted to discharge the NH 3 gas.
- the process of forming the SiN layer by the supply of the DCS gas and the supply of the NH 3 gas is repeated plural times to form a SiN film having a predetermined film thickness.
- a H 2 gas and an NH 3 gas are supplied as modification gases from a H 2 gas supply source 943 and the NH 3 gas supply source 942 to the vacuum chamber 91 kept in the vacuum atmosphere.
- the high frequency is supplied to the gas supply part 95 to activate the H, gas and the NH 3 gas.
- the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas thus activated are supplied to the wafer W to perform a step of modifying the SiN film.
- the step of forming the SiN film on the wafer W and the step of modifying the SiN film are executed by a control part 90 .
- reference numeral 911 denotes a transfer port
- reference numeral 912 denotes a gate valve
- reference numeral 921 denotes delivery pins which are raised and lowered by an elevating mechanism 922
- reference numeral 952 denotes a supply path
- reference numeral 953 denotes a flow rate adjustment part including a mass flow controller M and a valve V
- reference numeral 961 denotes a matcher.
- the film formation processing apparatus for carrying out the method of the present disclosure may be, for example, a vertical type film formation processing apparatus in which a wafer boat holding plural sheets of wafers is loaded into a reaction vessel from below.
- a portion of the reaction vessel in the circumferential direction is formed as a plasma formation chamber so as to laterally protrude along the longitudinal direction of the reaction vessel extending in the vertical direction.
- An electrode is attached to a side wall of the plasma formation chamber extending in the vertical direction. High frequency is applied to the electrode to generate capacitive plasma.
- a supply nozzle of a raw material gas, a supply nozzle of a reaction gas and a supply nozzle of a modification gas may be installed inside the plasma formation chamber.
- the interior of the reaction vessel is set to a vacuum atmosphere.
- the wafer boat is heated and rotated.
- a process of forming a SiN layer by supplying a raw material gas and then supplying a reaction gas is repeated plural times to form a SiN film having a predetermined thickness.
- a H 2 gas and an NH 3 gas are supplied as modification gases to the reaction vessel kept in the vacuum atmosphere. These gases are activated.
- the gases thus activated are supplied to the wafer W to perform a process of modifying the SiN film.
- one and the other of the activated H 2 gas and the activated NH 3 gas may be sequentially supplied to the wafer W.
- the ratio of the total supply amount of the H 2 gas and total supply amount of the NH 3 gas may be adjusted, for example, by setting the flow rates of the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas to be the same and adjusting the supply time of the H 2 gas and the supply time of the NH 3 gas to the wafer W.
- the step of modifying the SiN film may include supplying one of the activated H 2 gas and the activated NH 3 gas to the wafer W, supplying the other to the wafer W and simultaneously supplying both to the wafer W.
- a SiN film was formed on a wafer having a recess 81 constituting a pattern formed therein, and then a second modification process was performed.
- the film quality of the SiN film thus formed was evaluated (Example 1).
- the film quality was similarly evaluated for a case where the second modification process was not performed (Comparative Example 1) and a case where the second modification process was performed using only the H 2 gas (Comparative Example 2).
- the aspect ratio of the wafer having the recess 81 constituting a pattern formed therein was 10, and the SiN film was formed under the following film formation conditions in Example 1 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2.
- a DCS gas (DCS concentration: 100 vol %) was supplied to the adsorption region R 1 at a flow rate of 1,190 ml/min, and an NH 3 gas (NH 3 concentration: 100 vol %) and an Ar gas (Ar concentration: 100 vol %) were supplied to the reaction region R 2 at flow rates of 1.000 ml/min and 1,000 ml/min, respectively.
- the internal pressure of the vacuum container was set to 267 Pa (2 Torr)
- the temperature of the wafer W was set to 475 degrees C.
- the rotation speed of the rotary table 2 was set to 20 rpm.
- a film formation process was performed while the rotary table 2 rotates a total of 87 times.
- Example 1 After the film formation process, in Example 1, the supply of the DCS gas, the NH 3 gas, and the Ar gas was stopped, and the H 2 gas and the NH 3 gas were supplied as a second modification gas to the first modification region r 1 and the second modification region r 2 at flow rates of 4,520 ml/min and 1,000 ml/min. Similar to the film formation process, the internal pressure of the vacuum container 11 was set to 267 Pa, the temperature of the wafer W was set to 475 degrees C., and the rotation speed of the rotary table 2 was set to 20 rpm. A modification process was performed for 300 seconds.
- Comparative Example 2 after the film formation process, the supply of the DCS gas, the NH 3 gas and the Ar gas was stopped, and the H 2 gas was supplied to each of the first modification region r 1 and the second modification region r 2 at a flow rate of 1,000 sccm.
- the internal pressure of the vacuum container 11 was set to 66.5 Pa (0.5) Torr
- the temperature of the wafer W was set to 475 degrees C.
- the rotation speed of the rotary table 2 was set to 20 rpm.
- a modification process was performed for 300 seconds.
- a wet etching rate (WER [ ⁇ /min]) based on a hydrofluoric acid having a concentration of 0.5% by weight was measured at four positions, namely the top position A, the recess upper position B, the recess lower position C and the bottom position D of the recess 81 shown in FIG. 6 .
- the measurement results of the wet etching rate according to the Example 1 are shown in FIG. 9
- the measurement results of the wet etching rate according to Comparative Examples 1 and 2 are shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 , respectively.
- the vertical axis at the left side represents the wet etching rate (WER), and the vertical axis at the right side represents the uniformity of the wet etching rate.
- the uniformity of the wet etching rate is a relative value when the wet etching rate at the top position A of the recess 81 is assumed as 100.
- Example 1 As shown in FIG. 9 , it was recognized that the wet etching rate is low at each of the top position A, the recess upper position B, the recess lower position C and the bottom position D of the recess 81 as compared with Comparative Example 2, and the film is made dense even in the bottom portion of the recess 81 . Further, it was confirmed that the wet etching rate in the vertical direction of the recess 81 is uniform, and the uniformity of the wet etching rate in the vertical direction is greatly improved.
- the internal pressure of the vacuum container 11 in the second modification process is set lower than in the film formation process.
- the second modification process is performed by setting the internal pressure of the vacuum container 11 in the second modification process to be the same as that in the film formation process.
- the modification effect can be sufficiently obtained even with the same pressure as that in the film formation process. Therefore, the modification process can be performed while suppressing the decrease in throughput.
- a silicon nitride film is formed along an inner wall surface of a recess constituting a pattern formed on a surface of a substrate. Thereafter, a hydrogen gas and an ammonia gas are activated. The gases thus activated are supplied to the substrate. Dangling bonds of the silicon nitride film are bonded by the active species of the hydrogen gas, thereby making the silicon nitride film dense and modifying the silicon nitride film.
- the ammonia gas it is inferred that the active species of hydrogen are generated after the ammonia gas enters the lower side in the recess.
- the ammonia gas is used as a modification gas in addition to the hydrogen gas, it is possible to make the degree of modification of the silicon nitride film uniform in the vertical direction of the recess. This makes it possible to enhance the uniformity of a film quality of the silicon nitride film in the vertical direction of the recess while making the silicon nitride film dense.
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Description
- This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-226168, filed on Nov. 21, 2016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- The present disclosure relates to a technique for forming a silicon nitride film along an inner wall surface of a recess which constitutes a pattern formed on a surface of a substrate.
- In a semiconductor manufacturing process, there is a case where a silicon nitride film (hereinafter sometimes abbreviated as “SiN film”) is formed as, for example, an underlying film of a sacrificial film, on a substrate on which a recess constituting a pattern is formed. For example, a film formation processing apparatus that forms a SiN film by ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition) has been used.
- In this film formation processing apparatus, a film formation process is performed inside a processing chamber by rotating (revolving) a mounting table about an axis line so that a substrate mounting region formed in the mounting table sequentially passes through a first region and a second region inside the processing chamber. In the first region, a dichlorosilane (DCS) gas is supplied from an injection portion of a first gas supply part so that Si is adsorbed onto the substrate. An unnecessary DCS gas is exhausted from an exhaust port formed so as to surround the injection portion. A nitrogen (N2) gas or an ammonia (NH3) gas, which is a reaction gas, is supplied to the second region and excited therein. The Si adsorbed onto the substrate is nitrided by active species of the reaction gas to form a SiN film.
- A dense SiN film is formed using ALD. However, depending on the application, for example, when the SiN film is used as an underlying film of a sacrificial film, the denseness of the SiN film should be further enhanced. In addition, when an aspect ratio is increased due to miniaturization of a pattern, a gas cannot be sufficiently supplied to a lower side of a recess constituting the pattern. Thus, there may be a case where it is difficult to make the film quality of the SiN film uniform in the longitudinal direction of the recess. When the film quality of the SiN film in the longitudinal direction of the recess becomes uneven as described above, the etching rate of the SiN film in the longitudinal direction of the recess is not made uniform in a subsequent etching process of the sacrificial film. Therefore, for example, in a case where a wiring material is embedded after the sacrificial film is removed with the SiN film failing to sufficiently play the role of the underlying film, there is a concern that the electrical characteristics of a device may be adversely affected.
- Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a technique capable of, when forming a silicon nitride film along an inner wall surface of a recess constituting a pattern formed on a surface of substrate, enhancing the uniformity of a film quality of the silicon nitride film in a longitudinal direction of the recess while making the silicon nitride film dense.
- According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a film formation processing method for forming, in a vacuum atmosphere, a silicon nitride film along an inner wall surface of a recess constituting a pattern formed on a surface of a substrate, which includes: forming the silicon nitride film on the substrate by repeating, plural times, a process of supplying a raw material gas containing silicon to the substrate and subsequently, supplying an ammonia gas to the substrate to generate a silicon nitride on the substrate; and subsequently, modifying the silicon nitride film by activating a hydrogen gas and an ammonia gas and supplying the activated hydrogen gas and the activated ammonia gas to the substrate.
- According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a film formation processing apparatus for forming, in a vacuum atmosphere, a silicon nitride film along an inner wall surface of a recess constituting a pattern formed on a surface of a substrate, which includes: a vacuum container in which a mounting part for mounting the substrate thereon is installed; a raw material gas supply part configured to supply a raw material gas containing silicon to the substrate; a reaction gas supply part configured to supply an ammonia gas to the substrate; a modification gas supply part configured to supply a hydrogen gas and an ammonia gas to the substrate; an exhaust mechanism configured to evacuate an interior of the vacuum container; and a control part configured to execute: forming the silicon nitride film on the substrate by repeating, plural times, a process of supplying the raw material gas containing silicon to the substrate and subsequently supplying the ammonia gas to the substrate to generate a silicon nitride on the substrate; and subsequently, modifying the silicon nitride film formed on the substrate by activating the hydrogen gas and the ammonia gas in the vacuum atmosphere and supplying the activated hydrogen gas and the activated ammonia gas to the substrate.
- The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the present disclosure, and together with the general description given above and the detailed description of the embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure.
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FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of a film formation processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 2 is a transverse sectional plan view of the film formation processing apparatus. -
FIG. 3 is a plan view of the film formation processing apparatus as viewed from the top side. -
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a raw material gas unit installed in a first region as viewed from the lower side. -
FIG. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional side view of a first modification region or a second modification region formed in the film formation processing apparatus. -
FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view of a wafer surface on which a SiN film is formed according to the present disclosure. -
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a film formation processing method of the present disclosure. -
FIG. 8 is a vertical sectional side view showing another example of the film formation processing apparatus to which the present disclosure is applied. -
FIG. 9 is a characteristic diagram showing a film thickness distribution of an example. -
FIG. 10 is a characteristic diagram showing a film thickness distribution of a comparative example. -
FIG. 11 is a characteristic diagram showing a film thickness distribution of a comparative example. - Reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure. However, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present disclosure may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, systems, and components have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the various embodiments.
- Hereinafter, a configuration of a film formation processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to
FIGS. 1 to 5 . In the present embodiment, there will be described an example in which a thin film of a silicon nitride film (SiN film) is formed on a semiconductor wafer (hereinafter referred to as “wafer”) W used as a substrate by reacting a raw material gas containing silicon (Si), for example, a dichlorosilane (SiH2Cl2: DCS) gas, with an ammonia (NH3) gas. In this specification, the silicon nitride film is described as SiN regardless of the stoichiometric ratio of Si and N. Accordingly, the description of SiN includes, for example, Si3N4. - As shown in
FIGS. 1 and 2 , the film formation processing apparatus of the present disclosure includes avacuum container 11 defining a process space in which a film formation process is performed. Thevacuum container 11 includes acontainer body 13 which defines a side wall and a bottom wall of thevacuum container 11, and atop plate 12 which airtightly closes an upper opening of thecontainer body 13. A disk-shaped rotary table 2 is installed inside thevacuum container 11 and is configured to be rotatable about a vertical axis by arotary drive mechanism 15 such as a motor or the like via arotary shaft 14 extending vertically downward. - On the upper surface of the rotary table 2, as shown in
FIG. 2 , for example, six mountingregions 21 are arranged around the rotational center in the circumferential direction. Each of the mountingregions 21 is configured as a circular recess having a slightly larger diameter than that of the wafer W. The mountingregions 21 constitute mounting portions on which substrates are mounted. As shown inFIG. 1 , a flatannular groove portion 45 is formed in the bottom surface of thecontainer body 13 along the circumferential direction of the rotary table 2. Aheater 46 is disposed inside theannular groove portion 45. As shown inFIGS. 2 and 3 , a loading/unloadingport 101 configured to be opened and closed by a gate valve (not shown) is formed in a side wall surface of the vacuum container 11 (the container body 13). A wafer W held by an external transfer mechanism (not shown) is loaded into thevacuum container 11 via the loading/unloadingport 101 and is delivered on each of the mountingregions 21 of the rotary table 2 using lift pins (not shown). - The film formation processing apparatus includes a raw
material gas unit 3 constituting a raw material gas supply part. As shown inFIG. 1 , the rawmaterial gas unit 3 is installed on the lower surface of thetop plate 12 facing the upper surface of the rotary table 2. As shown inFIGS. 2 and 3 , the plan-view shape of the rawmaterial gas unit 3 is a fan shape formed by partitioning a revolution plane RA of the mountingregions 21 in a direction intersecting with a revolution direction of the mountingregions 21. The revolution plane RA is an annular region surrounded by a one-dot chain line inFIG. 2 , namely a region through which the mountingregions 21 pass when the rotary table 2 is rotated. - As shown in
FIG. 4 ,gas discharge ports 331, anexhaust port 321 and a purgegas discharge port 311, which constitute a discharge part, are opened in the lower surface of the rawmaterial gas unit 3. InFIG. 4 , in order to facilitate discrimination, theexhaust port 321 and the purgegas discharge port 311 are indicated by a large number of dots. The large number ofgas discharge ports 331 are arranged in a fan-shapedregion 330 inward of the peripheral edge of the lower surface of the rawmaterial gas unit 3. Thegas discharge ports 331 discharge a DCS gas as the raw material gas downward in the form of a shower. The raw material gas containing silicon is not limited to the DCS gas. For example, hexachlorodisilane (HCD), tetrachlorosilane (TCS) or the like may be used as the raw material gas containing silicon. Gas flow paths (not shown) are formed in the rawmaterial gas unit 3 so that the raw material gas can be supplied independently to the respectivegas discharge ports 331. Upstream sides of the gas flow paths are connected to a DCS gas supply source via a pipe provided with a gas supply device composed of a valve and a mass flow controller. The illustration of the gas supply device, the pipe and the DCS gas supply source is omitted herein. - The
exhaust port 321 and the purgegas discharge port 311 are annularly opened in the peripheral edge of the lower surface of the rawmaterial gas unit 3 so as to surround the fan-shapedregion 330 and face the upper surface of the rotary table 2. The purgegas discharge port 311 is positioned outward of theexhaust port 321. A region inward of theexhaust port 321 above the rotary table 2 constitutes an adsorption region R1 where the adsorption of the raw material gas onto the surface of the wafer W is performed. An exhaust mechanism (not shown) is connected to theexhaust port 321. A supply source (not shown) of a purge gas, for example, an argon (Ar) gas, is connected to the purgegas discharge port 311. - During the film formation process, the discharge of the raw material gas from the
gas discharge ports 331, the exhaust of the raw material gas from theexhaust port 321 and the discharge of the purge gas from the purgegas discharge port 311 are performed together. Thus, the raw material gas and the purge gas discharged toward the rotary table 2 are directed to theexhaust port 321 along the upper surface of the rotary table 2 and are exhausted from theexhaust port 321. By performing the discharge and exhaust of the purge gas in this way, the atmosphere in the adsorption region R1 is separated from the external atmosphere so that the raw material gas can be limitedly supplied to the adsorption region R1. In addition to such a role of separating the atmosphere, the purge gas also plays a role of removing excessive raw material gas adsorbed onto the wafer W. - Subsequently, a reaction region R2 to which a plasmarized NH3 gas is supplied will be described. As shown in
FIG. 2 , the reaction region R2 is defined apart from the rawmaterial gas unit 3 in the rotational direction of the rotary table 2 (in this embodiment, clockwise when viewed from the upper side). In the reaction region R2, there are provided twogas injectors gas injectors gas injector 71 is installed at the upstream side of the reaction region R2 in the rotational direction. Theother gas injector 72 is installed at the downstream side of the reaction region R2 in the rotational direction. - Each of the
gas injectors gas injectors gas injectors gas injectors regions 21. The gas injectors 71 and 72 are connected to an NH3gas supply source 54 via opening/closing valves V3 and V4, and flowrate adjustment parts gas injectors - Next, a configuration of a plasma formation part 6 (6A) which constitutes a plasmarization mechanism for plasmarizing an NH3 gas will be described. The
plasma formation part 6A is configured in the same manner as the plasma formation parts 6 (6B and 6C) installed in first and second modification regions r1 and r2 to be described later, and therefore, description will be made with reference toFIGS. 1 and 5 . Theplasma formation part 6 includes anantenna part 60 that radiates microwaves toward the inside of thevacuum container 11, acoaxial waveguide 65 that supplies the microwaves toward theantenna part 60, and amicrowave generator 69. Theantenna part 60 is installed in thetop plate 12 at a position above the reaction region R2. Theantenna part 60 closes a substantially triangular opening corresponding to the reaction region R2. - The
antenna part 60 is configured as a radial line slot antenna (RLSA (registered trademark of Tokyo Electron Limited)) that includes adielectric window 61, aslot plate 62, adielectric plate 63 and a coolingjacket 64. Thedielectric window 61 is to shorten the wavelength of microwaves. The peripheral edge portion of thedielectric window 61 is supported by a member existing around the opening formed in thetop plate 12. A large number of slot holes 621 are formed in theslot plate 62. Thedielectric plate 63 is installed on theslot plate 62. - In
FIGS. 1 and 5 ,reference numeral 651 denotes an inner conductor of thecoaxial waveguide 65, andreference numeral 652 denotes an outer conductor of thecoaxial waveguide 65. Thecoaxial waveguide 65 is connected to themicrowave generator 69 via amode converter 66, awaveguide 67 and atuner 68 which is a matcher. Themicrowave generator 69 generates microwaves having a frequency of, for example, 2.45 GHz. In theplasma formation part 6, the microwaves generated by themicrowave generator 69 are supplied to thedielectric plate 63 through thecoaxial waveguide 65 and are supplied to a space below thedielectric window 61 from thedielectric window 61 via the slot holes 621 of theslot plate 62. Thus, when the rotary table 2 is rotated, the wafer W mounted on each of the mountingregions 21 passes through the reaction region R2, whereby the plasmarized NH3 gas is supplied to the entire surface of the wafer W. - Furthermore, as shown in
FIG. 2 , in the bottom surface of thecontainer body 13 between the rotary table 2 and the inner wall surface of thevacuum container 11, anexhaust groove 191 for discharging the NH3 gas therethrough is formed outward of the region where the reaction region R2 is formed, along the circumferential direction of the rotary table 2. Anexhaust port 190A is opened in the bottom of theexhaust groove 191. Anexhaust mechanism 57 for evacuating the inside of thevacuum container 11 is connected to theexhaust port 190A via anexhaust path 19. - In addition, the film formation processing apparatus includes a first modification region r1 and a second modification region r2 which perform a modification process with respect to the SiN film. As shown in
FIG. 2 , the first modification region r1 is defined at the downstream side of the adsorption region R1 and the upstream side of the reaction region R2 when viewed along the rotational direction of the rotary table 2. On the other hand, the second modification region r2 is defined at the downstream side of the reaction region R2 and the upstream side of the adsorption region R1 when viewed along the rotational direction. Each of the first modified region r1 and the second modified region r2 is formed as a substantially triangular region obtained by partitioning the above-described revolution plane RA, through which the mountingregions 21 passes, in the direction intersecting with the revolution direction. - Respective devices installed in the first modification region r1 and the second modification region r2 have a common configuration. Thus, the first modification region r1 will be described by way of example with reference to
FIG. 5 which is a common enlarged vertical sectional side view. As shown inFIG. 5 , in the first modification region r1, there are formed firstgas discharge ports 703 for supplying a modification gas into the first modification region r1 from the peripheral side of the rotary table 2 toward the central side thereof, and secondgas discharge ports 704 for supplying a modification gas into the first modification region r1 from the central side of the rotary table 2 toward the peripheral side thereof. A combination of the firstgas discharge ports 703 and the secondgas discharge ports 704 constitutes a modification gas supply part for supplying an H2 gas and an NH3 gas, which are modification gases, to the wafer W. - The first
gas discharge ports 703 are formed in the inner peripheral surface of the opening formed in thetop plate 12 which supports thedielectric window 61, so that a gas can be supplied toward a region under thedielectric window 61 installed in theantenna part 60 of the plasma formation part 6 (6B) to be described later. The firstgas discharge ports 703 are arranged at multiple positions in a mutually spaced-apart relationship along one side of the peripheral side of the rotary table 2 in the first modification region r1. The firstgas discharge ports 703 communicate with a firstgas supply path 184 formed to extend along the one side of the peripheral side of the first modification region r1. - The second
gas discharge ports 704 are formed at multiple positions (for example, two positions) in a mutually spaced-apart relationship along a vertex-side region of a substantially triangular shape, which is opposite the one side of the peripheral side where the firstgas discharge ports 703 are formed. The secondgas discharge ports 704 communicate with a common secondgas supply path 185 formed in the vertex-side region of the first modification region r1. - In this example, the modification process includes a first modification process performed during the cycle of the film formation process (to be described later) and a second modification process performed after the cycle of the film formation process. A hydrogen (H2) gas is used as the modification gas in the first modification process. An H2 gas and an NH3 gas are used as the modification gas in the second modification process. To this end, the first
gas supply path 184 is connected to an H2gas supply source 55 via an opening/closing valve V61 and a flowrate adjustment part 551 and is also connected to an NH3gas supply source 54 via an opening/closing valve V62 and a flowrate adjustment part 561. Similarly, the secondgas supply path 185 is connected to the H2gas supply source 55 via an opening/closing valve V71 and a flowrate adjustment part 552 and is also connected to the NH3gas supply source 54 via an opening/closing valve V72 and a flowrate adjustment part 562. Thus, the H2 gas and the NH3 gas are discharged into thevacuum container 11 from the firstgas discharge ports 703 and the secondgas discharge ports 704, while being mixed with each other in the middle of respective pipes at the downstream sides of the valves V61 and V71, respectively. - Furthermore, as shown in
FIGS. 3 and 5 , the plasma formation part 6 (6B) which constitutes a plasmarization mechanism for plasmarizing the modification gas is installed in the first modification region r1. A configuration of theplasma formation part 6B is common to the configuration of theplasma formation part 6A for the reaction gas described with reference toFIG. 6 and therefore, the repeated description will be omitted. Moreover, when viewed along the rotational direction of the rotary table 2, in the bottom surface side of thecontainer body 13 between the rotary table 2 and the inner wall surface of thevacuum container 11 in the upstream side of the first modification region r1, there is formed anexhaust groove 191 including an exhaust port 190B through which the modification gas is discharged outward of thevacuum container 11. - The second modification region r2 is configured similarly to the first modification region r1. Further, a configuration of the plasma formation part 6 (6C) that constitutes a plasmarization mechanism for plasmarizing the modification gas is similar to the configuration of the
plasma formation part 6A. An exhaust port 190C for the modification gas is formed at the downstream side of the second modification region r2 in the rotational direction. - In the first modification region r1 and the second modification region r2, the modification gas is discharged from the first
gas discharge ports 703 formed at the peripheral side of the rotary table 2 and the secondgas discharge ports 704 formed at the central side of the rotary table 2 in the direction intersecting with the revolution direction of the mountingregions 21. In the first modification region r1, the modification gas flows toward the exhaust port 190B formed at the upstream side in the rotational direction in a direction away from the reaction region R2. In the second modification region r2, the modification gas flows toward the exhaust port 190C formed at the downstream side in the rotational direction in a direction away from the reaction region R2. - Hereinafter, an example of a film formation processing method of the present disclosure, which is carried out using the above-described film formation processing apparatus, will be described with reference to
FIGS. 6 and 7 . First, an example of a surface structure of the wafer W will be briefly described with reference toFIG. 6 .FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional side view of the surface of the wafer W after a SiN film is formed by the film formation processing apparatus. InFIG. 6 ,reference numeral 80 denotes a silicon substrate in which arecess 81 constituting a pattern is formed. An SiO2 film 82 and anSiN film 83 are sequentially stacked on the surface of the silicon substrate. TheSiN film 83 is formed by the film formation processing method of the present disclosure. Thereafter, for example, a sacrificial film made of, for example, an organic film (not shown), is embedded in therecess 81. The sacrificial film is removed by etching. InFIG. 6 , the depth and the width of therecess 81 of the wafer W are indicated as L1 and L2, respectively. The aspect ratio L1/L2 is, for example, 5 to 40. - In the film formation processing method of the present disclosure, first, a step of forming a SiN film on the wafer W is executed by repeating, multiple times, a process of supplying a raw material gas to the wafer W and then supplying an NH3 gas to the wafer W, thereby producing a nitride of Si on the wafer W. In this step, first, the gate valve of the loading/unloading
port 101 is opened. The wafer W is loaded into thevacuum container 11 by an external transfer mechanism. Then, the wafer W is delivered onto one of the mountingregions 21 of the rotary table 2 using lift pins (not shown) (step S1). The delivery of the wafer W is performed by intermittently rotating the rotary table 2, whereby the wafers W are mounted on all the mountingregions 21. Subsequently, the transfer mechanism is moved back and the gate valve of the loading/unloadingport 101 is closed. At this time, the interior of thevacuum container 11 is exhausted to a predetermined pressure in advance by theexhaust mechanism 57 and the exhaust mechanism of the rawmaterial gas unit 3. In addition, a purge gas is supplied from the purgegas discharge port 311. - Thereafter, the rotary table 2 is rotated in a clockwise direction and the wafer W is heated by the
heater 46 while maintaining a preset rotation speed (step S2). If it is determined by a temperature sensor (not shown) that the temperature of the wafer W has reached a predetermined set temperature, for example, 475 degrees C., the supply of a raw material gas (DCS gas) from thegas discharge ports 331 of the rawmaterial gas unit 3, the supply of an NH3 gas and an Ar gas from thegas injectors gas discharge ports 703 and the secondgas discharge ports 704 formed in the first modification region r1 and the second modification region r2 are started, respectively. In addition, simultaneously with the start of the supply of these gases, microwaves are supplied from theantenna part 60 of the plasma formation part 6 (6A to 6C). - While the supply of the respective gases and the formation of plasma are performed in this manner, an internal pressure of the
vacuum container 11 is kept at a predetermined pressure having a range of, for example, 66.5 Pa (0.5 Torr) to 665 Pa (5 Torr), specifically 266 Pa (2 Torr) in this example. In the rawmaterial gas unit 3, the DCS gas and the Ar gas are discharged from thegas discharge ports 331 and the purgegas discharge port 311 at predetermined flow rates, respectively, and are exhausted from theexhaust port 321. As a result, the DCS gas flows inside the adsorption region R1 which is a limited region extending up to theexhaust port 321 surrounding thegas discharge ports 331. When the wafer W reaches the adsorption region R1 with the rotation of the rotary table 2, the DCS gas as a raw material gas containing silicon is supplied and adsorbed onto the surface of the wafer W (step S3). Subsequently, the rotary table 2 is further rotated, the wafer W is moved outward of the adsorption region R1 and the purge gas is supplied to the surface of the wafer W so that the adsorbed surplus DCS gas is removed. - In the first modification region r1, the H2 gas is plasmarized and the flow of the H2 gas oriented to the exhaust port 190B is formed. When the wafer W reaches the first modification region r1 with the rotation of the rotary table 2, the first modification process is performed by the active species of the H2 gas contained in the plasma. Dangling bonds in the SiN film are bonded to H, whereby the SiN film is modified into a dense film (step S4).
- In the reaction region R2, the NH3 gas is plasmarized and the flow of the NH3 gas oriented to the
exhaust port 190A is formed. When a respective wafer W reaches the reaction region R2 with the rotation of the rotary table 2, active species such as radicals including N (nitrogen) generated from the NH3 gas and constituting plasma of the NH3 gas are supplied to the surface of the respective wafer W. Thus, the active species of the NH3 gas are supplied to the wafer W and reacts with the raw material existing on the wafer W to form a nitride layer (SiN layer) (step S5). - In the second modification region r2, the H2 gas is plasmarized, and the flow of the H2 gas oriented to the exhaust port 190C is formed. When the wafer W reaches the second modification region r2 with the rotation of the rotary table 2, the first modification process is performed by the active species of the H2 gas contained in the plasma so that the SiN film is modified to a dense film (step S6).
- The cycle of the processes respectively performed in the adsorption region R1, the first modification region r1, the reaction region R2 and the second modification region r2 is defined as one film forming cycle. Then, in step S7, the supply of the DCS gas, the supply of the active species of the H2 gas, the supply of the active species of the NH3 gas and the supply of the active species of the H2 gas are sequentially repeated until it is determined that the film forming cycle has been repeated a predetermined number of times, whereby SiN is deposited on the surface of the wafer W to form a SiN layer.
- In step S7, when it is determined that the film forming cycle has been repeated the predetermined number of times, namely when the film thickness of the SiN film is increased and the SiN film having a desired film thickness is formed, the film formation process is terminated. For example, the discharge and exhaust of the respective gases in the raw
material gas unit 3 is stopped. Furthermore, the supply of the NH3 gas and the supply of the electric power in the reaction region R2, and the supply of the H2 gas in the first modification region r1 and the second modification region r2 are stopped, respectively. - Subsequently, a step (second modification process) of activating the H2 gas and the NH3 gas, supplying the activated gases to the wafer W and modifying the SiN film is performed. For example, the second modification process is started in a state in which the internal pressure of the
vacuum container 11 and the temperature of the rotary table 2 are made the same as those in the film formation process and in which the rotary table 2 is rotated (step S8). Then, in the first modification region r1 and the second modification region r2, the H2 gas and the NH3 gas as second modification gases are supplied and the electric power is supplied to theplasma formation parts 6B and 6C, thereby performing the second modification process (step S9). The supply of the NH3 gas and the Ar gas in the rawmaterial gas unit 3 and the reaction region R2 and the supply of the electric power to theplasma formation part 6A remain stopped. - In the first modification region r1 and the second modification region r2, a mixed gas of the H2 gas and the NH3 gas is supplied from the first
gas discharge ports 703 and the secondgas discharge ports 704, respectively. That is to say, in this example, the H2 gas and the NH3 gas are simultaneously supplied to the wafer W. Then, the H2 gas and the NH3 gas are activated (plasmarized) by the microwaves of theplasma formation parts 6B and 6C, whereby active species of the H2 gas and active species of the NH3 gas are generated. Then, the dangling bonds in the SiN film are bonded to H by the active species, whereby the SiN film is modified into a dense film. Since the DCS gas contains chlorine (Cl), when the DCS gas is used as a raw material gas, there is a possibility that a chlorine component is incorporated as an impurity into the SiN film to be formed. Therefore, by activating the mixed gas of the H2 gas and the NH3 gas in the first and second modification regions r1 and r2, the chlorine component contained in the thin film is desorbed by the action of H radicals, whereby the SiN film is modified into a more pure (dense) nitride film. - The reason for using the plasma of the H2 gas and the NH3 gas in the second modification process is to make sure that, even for a pattern having a large aspect ratio, the H radicals-based modification process proceeds almost uniformly in the vertical direction of the
recess 81. In the surface structure of the wafer W shown inFIG. 6 , regarding theSiN film 83 formed on the surface of the wafer W, four positions in the vertical direction of theSiN film 83 are defined as a top position A, a recess upper position B, a recess lower position C and a bottom position D. - According to the example described later, it is recognized that in the modification process using the plasma of the H2 gas, a vertical direction quality of the
SiN film 83 formed in therecess 81 is uneven and specifically, the modification process does not proceed in the bottom position D as compared with the top position A. This is presumably because the H radicals generated by the plasmarization of the H2 gas have a short lifetime and the H radicals hardly move into the bottom position D of therecess 81 in a pattern having a large aspect ratio. - On the other hand, it is recognized that when the modification process is performed by the plasma of the H2 gas and the NH3 gas as in the present disclosure, the uniformity of the film quality in the vertical direction of the
recess 81 is improved as compared with the example described later. The reason for this is presumed as follows. That is to say, by the plasmarization of the NH3 gas, N radicals, H radicals, NH radicals, NH2 radicals and the like are generated. The NH2 radicals and the NH radicals are further decomposed to generate H radicals. Therefore, in a region near the bottom position D of therecess 81, the NH3 gas is decomposed to generate H radicals, whereby the H radicals move into the bottom position D. Thus, it is considered that the modification process proceeds sufficiently even at the bottom position D and the uniformity of the film quality in the vertical direction of therecess 81 is improved. - In parallel with the modification process using the H radicals, a nitridation process of the SiN film is also performed with the N radicals generated by plasmarizing the NH3 gas. Therefore, the nitridation process in the film formation process can be compensated. In the first modification process, when the H2 gas and the NH3 gas are used as the modification gases, the amount of N radicals in one film forming cycle increases, and the nitridation process proceeds more easily than the modification process using the H radicals. Therefore, only the H2 gas is used as a modification gas in the modification process. Even if the NH3 gas is mixed with the H2 gas, it is preferable that the NH3 gas is smaller in amount than the H2 gas.
- An example of process conditions in the second modification process is as follows. The total supply amount of the H2 gas supplied from the first
gas discharge ports 703 and the secondgas discharge ports 704 is 1,000 ml/min (sccm), the total supply amount of the NH3 gas is 4,250 ml/min, the internal pressure of thevacuum container 11 is 266 Pa, the temperature of the rotary table 2 is 475 degrees C., and the rotation speed of the rotary table 2 is 20 rpm. - After the second modification process is executed for a preset time based on the above operation, the supply of the H2 gas and the NH3 gas, the supply of the electric power to the
plasma formation parts 6B and 6C and the heating of the wafer W by theheater 46 are stopped to terminate the second modification process. Then, when the temperature of the wafer W drops to a preset temperature, the wafers W are sequentially unloaded from the loading/unloadingport 101 in the reverse sequence of that in the loading operation (step S10). - According to the present embodiment, after the SiN film is formed along the inner wall surface of the
recess 81 constituting the pattern formed on the surface of the wafer W, the H2 gas and the NH3 gas are activated (plasmarized). The activated gases are supplied to the wafer W to modify the SiN film. When the NH3 gas is used, it is inferred that active species (H radical) of hydrogen are generated after the NH3 gas moves to the lower side in therecess 81. Therefore, if the NH3 gas is used as a modification gas in addition to the H2 gas, it is possible to make the degree of modification of the SiN film uniform in the vertical direction of therecess 81 and to enhance the uniformity of the film quality of the SiN film in the vertical direction of therecess 81 while making the SiN film dense. - In this way, the film quality of the SiN film is made uniform in the vertical direction of the
recess 81. Therefore, in a subsequent process, when a sacrificial film is embedded in therecess 81 in which the SiN film is formed, and when the sacrificial film is etched, it is possible to make the degree of etching of the SiN film uniform in the vertical direction of therecess 81. Thus, the dimensional accuracy of the SiN film is increased. For example, in a case where a wiring material is embedded after removing the sacrificial film, it is possible to improve the electrical characteristics of a device. - In the second modification process, the ratio (NH3 gas/H2 gas) of the total supply amount of the NH3 gas to the total supply amount of the H2 gas is set to, for example, 0.1 to 2.0. For example, as described above, when simultaneously discharging the H2 gas and the NH3 gas to the process atmosphere, the ratio of the flow rate of the NH3 gas to the flow rate of the H2 gas is set to, for example, 0.1 to 2.0. If the ratio is smaller than 0.1, the modification process at the bottom position D of the
recess 81 does not proceed. If the ratio is larger than 2.0, there is a concern that the nitridation process will proceed with priority over the modification process. In some embodiments, the ratio may be set to 1.0 or less. This is because if the proportion of the NH3 gas in the mixed gas exceeds 50%, there is a possibility that NH groups are incorporated into the SiN film, thereby suppressing improvement of the denseness of the SiN film. - In the above example, the first modification process is performed in the film forming cycle. However, the first modification process may be not performed. In the case where the first modification process is not performed, in the film formation process, the supply of the gases to the first modification region r1 and the second modification region r2 and the supply of the electric power to the
plasma formation parts 6B and 6C are stopped. Other processes are performed in the same manner as the above-described film formation process. - Although the aforementioned film formation processing apparatus has been described to include the first modification region r1 and the second modification region r2, the film formation processing apparatus may be configured to include at least one of the first modification region r1 and the second modification region r2. Furthermore, the present disclosure is not limited to the configuration in which the dedicated plasma formation part (plasmarization mechanism) 6 is installed in each of the reaction region and the modification region. For example, a process region that serves as both the reaction region and the modification region may be formed and a plasmarization mechanism may be used in combination. In this case, in the process of forming the SiN film, the NH3 gas is supplied from the process region and is activated by the plasmarization mechanism. In the modification process, the H2 gas and the NH3 gas are supplied from the process region and are activated by the plasmarization mechanism.
- Furthermore, in the step of performing the second modification process, the process conditions such as the internal pressure of the
vacuum container 11, the temperature of the wafer W and the rotation speed of the rotary table 2 are the same as those of the process of forming the SiN film. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a decrease in throughput. Further, such process conditions may be changed. In the process of performing the second modification process, electric power may be supplied to theplasma formation part 6A even in the reaction region R2 to form plasma. This is because the H2 gas and the NH3 gas may sometimes flow out from the first modification region r1 and the second modification region r2 into the reaction region R2 and because the modification process may be performed by the active species of the H2 gas and the NH3 gas even in the reaction region R2. - The configurations of the reaction gas supply part and the modification gas supply part are not limited to the above examples. For example, the reaction gas supply part may be a single gas injector. Similar to the modification gas supply part, the first and second
gas discharge ports plasma formation part 6A to supply the NH3 gas. In addition, the modification gas supply part may be configured by a gas injector just like the reaction gas supply part. - Furthermore, the raw
material gas unit 3 does not necessarily need to include the purgegas discharge port 311. For example, an additional exhaust port may be formed outside theexhaust port 321. The NH3 gas and the H2 gas may be exhausted from a region other than the adsorption region R1 through the additional exhaust port so that the atmosphere in the adsorption region R1 is separated from the external atmosphere. - Furthermore, the film formation processing apparatus for carrying out the method of the present disclosure is not limited to the above configuration.
FIG. 8 shows another example of the film formation processing apparatus for carrying out the method of the present disclosure. In this film formation processing apparatus, the wafer W is first mounted on a mountingpart 92 inside avacuum container 91. The interior of thevacuum container 91 is set to a vacuum atmosphere by anexhaust mechanism 93. The wafer W is heated by, for example, a heater installed in the mountingpart 92. Then, a DCS gas as a raw material gas is supplied from a DCSgas supply source 941 through agas discharge port 951 formed in agas supply part 95 to have Si adsorbed onto the surface of the wafer W. Subsequently, the supply of the DCS gas is stopped and the interior of thevacuum container 91 is exhausted to discharge the DCS gas. - Subsequently, an NH3 gas as a reaction gas is supplied from an NH3
gas supply source 942, and high frequency is supplied from a high frequencypower supply part 96 to thegas supply part 95. As a result, capacitively coupled plasma is generated by an upper electrode constituting thegas supply part 95 and a lower electrode constituting the mountingpart 92. Thus, the NH3 gas is activated, and the raw material existing on the wafer W is nitrided by the active species of the NH3 gas to form a SiN layer which is a nitride layer. Subsequently, the supply of the NH3 gas and the supply of the high frequency are stopped, and the interior of thevacuum container 91 is exhausted to discharge the NH3 gas. The process of forming the SiN layer by the supply of the DCS gas and the supply of the NH3 gas is repeated plural times to form a SiN film having a predetermined film thickness. - Thereafter, a H2 gas and an NH3 gas are supplied as modification gases from a H2
gas supply source 943 and the NH3gas supply source 942 to thevacuum chamber 91 kept in the vacuum atmosphere. The high frequency is supplied to thegas supply part 95 to activate the H, gas and the NH3 gas. The H2 gas and the NH3 gas thus activated are supplied to the wafer W to perform a step of modifying the SiN film. The step of forming the SiN film on the wafer W and the step of modifying the SiN film are executed by acontrol part 90. InFIG. 8 ,reference numeral 911 denotes a transfer port,reference numeral 912 denotes a gate valve,reference numeral 921 denotes delivery pins which are raised and lowered by an elevatingmechanism 922,reference numeral 952 denotes a supply path,reference numeral 953 denotes a flow rate adjustment part including a mass flow controller M and a valve V, andreference numeral 961 denotes a matcher. - Furthermore, the film formation processing apparatus for carrying out the method of the present disclosure may be, for example, a vertical type film formation processing apparatus in which a wafer boat holding plural sheets of wafers is loaded into a reaction vessel from below. In this apparatus, a portion of the reaction vessel in the circumferential direction is formed as a plasma formation chamber so as to laterally protrude along the longitudinal direction of the reaction vessel extending in the vertical direction. An electrode is attached to a side wall of the plasma formation chamber extending in the vertical direction. High frequency is applied to the electrode to generate capacitive plasma. In some embodiments, a supply nozzle of a raw material gas, a supply nozzle of a reaction gas and a supply nozzle of a modification gas may be installed inside the plasma formation chamber. Further, the interior of the reaction vessel is set to a vacuum atmosphere. The wafer boat is heated and rotated. In this state, a process of forming a SiN layer by supplying a raw material gas and then supplying a reaction gas is repeated plural times to form a SiN film having a predetermined thickness. Subsequently, a H2 gas and an NH3 gas are supplied as modification gases to the reaction vessel kept in the vacuum atmosphere. These gases are activated. The gases thus activated are supplied to the wafer W to perform a process of modifying the SiN film.
- In the step of modifying the SiN film after the formation of the SiN film, one and the other of the activated H2 gas and the activated NH3 gas may be sequentially supplied to the wafer W. In this case, the ratio of the total supply amount of the H2 gas and total supply amount of the NH3 gas may be adjusted, for example, by setting the flow rates of the H2 gas and the NH3 gas to be the same and adjusting the supply time of the H2 gas and the supply time of the NH3 gas to the wafer W. In some embodiments, the step of modifying the SiN film may include supplying one of the activated H2 gas and the activated NH3 gas to the wafer W, supplying the other to the wafer W and simultaneously supplying both to the wafer W.
- Using the film formation processing apparatus shown in
FIG. 1 , a SiN film was formed on a wafer having arecess 81 constituting a pattern formed therein, and then a second modification process was performed. The film quality of the SiN film thus formed was evaluated (Example 1). The film quality was similarly evaluated for a case where the second modification process was not performed (Comparative Example 1) and a case where the second modification process was performed using only the H2 gas (Comparative Example 2). The aspect ratio of the wafer having therecess 81 constituting a pattern formed therein was 10, and the SiN film was formed under the following film formation conditions in Example 1 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2. - (Formation Condition of SiN film)
- Using the film formation processing apparatus shown in
FIG. 1 , a DCS gas (DCS concentration: 100 vol %) was supplied to the adsorption region R1 at a flow rate of 1,190 ml/min, and an NH3 gas (NH3 concentration: 100 vol %) and an Ar gas (Ar concentration: 100 vol %) were supplied to the reaction region R2 at flow rates of 1.000 ml/min and 1,000 ml/min, respectively. The internal pressure of the vacuum container was set to 267 Pa (2 Torr), the temperature of the wafer W was set to 475 degrees C., and the rotation speed of the rotary table 2 was set to 20 rpm. A film formation process was performed while the rotary table 2 rotates a total of 87 times. - After the film formation process, in Example 1, the supply of the DCS gas, the NH3 gas, and the Ar gas was stopped, and the H2 gas and the NH3 gas were supplied as a second modification gas to the first modification region r1 and the second modification region r2 at flow rates of 4,520 ml/min and 1,000 ml/min. Similar to the film formation process, the internal pressure of the
vacuum container 11 was set to 267 Pa, the temperature of the wafer W was set to 475 degrees C., and the rotation speed of the rotary table 2 was set to 20 rpm. A modification process was performed for 300 seconds. - In Comparative Example 2, after the film formation process, the supply of the DCS gas, the NH3 gas and the Ar gas was stopped, and the H2 gas was supplied to each of the first modification region r1 and the second modification region r2 at a flow rate of 1,000 sccm. In addition, the internal pressure of the
vacuum container 11 was set to 66.5 Pa (0.5) Torr, the temperature of the wafer W was set to 475 degrees C., and the rotation speed of the rotary table 2 was set to 20 rpm. A modification process was performed for 300 seconds. - In the evaluation of the film quality, a wet etching rate (WER [Å/min]) based on a hydrofluoric acid having a concentration of 0.5% by weight was measured at four positions, namely the top position A, the recess upper position B, the recess lower position C and the bottom position D of the
recess 81 shown inFIG. 6 . The measurement results of the wet etching rate according to the Example 1 are shown inFIG. 9 , and the measurement results of the wet etching rate according to Comparative Examples 1 and 2 are shown inFIGS. 10 and 11 , respectively. In the figures, the vertical axis at the left side represents the wet etching rate (WER), and the vertical axis at the right side represents the uniformity of the wet etching rate. The uniformity of the wet etching rate is a relative value when the wet etching rate at the top position A of therecess 81 is assumed as 100. - In the results of Comparative Example 1 (
FIG. 10 ) in which the second modification process was not performed after the film formation process, it was recognized that the wet etching rate is greatly different at the top position A, the recess upper position B, the recess lower position C and the bottom position D of therecess 81, the wet etching rate at the bottom position D is higher than that at the top position A, and the uniformity of the wet etching rate in the vertical direction of therecess 81 is poor. - In the results of Comparative Example 2 (
FIG. 11 ) in which the second modification process was performed after the film formation process using only the H2 gas, it was recognized that the wet etching rate is reduced at the top position A, the recess upper position B, the recess lower position C and the bottom position D of therecess 81 as compared with Comparative Example 1 and the film is made dense. However, it was confirmed that although the wet etching rate at the top position A is extremely low, the wet etching rate at the bottom position D is high, as a result of which the uniformity of the wet etching rate in the vertical direction of therecess 81 is deteriorated as compared with Comparative Example 1. This is presumably because, due to the short lifetime of H radicals, many H radicals reach the top portion of therecess 81 whereby the modification process proceeds promptly, but few H radicals reach the bottom portion of therecess 81 whereby the modification process does not proceed at the bottom portion. In addition, it was recognized from the results of Comparative Example 1 and Comparative Example 2 that on a flat surface of a bare wafer or the like, the film quality is improved by the modification process using the H2 gas. - In Example 1, as shown in
FIG. 9 , it was recognized that the wet etching rate is low at each of the top position A, the recess upper position B, the recess lower position C and the bottom position D of therecess 81 as compared with Comparative Example 2, and the film is made dense even in the bottom portion of therecess 81. Further, it was confirmed that the wet etching rate in the vertical direction of therecess 81 is uniform, and the uniformity of the wet etching rate in the vertical direction is greatly improved. This is presumably because, due to the plasmarization of the NH3 gas rather than the plasmarization of the H2 gas, many H radicals reach not only the top portion but also the bottom portion of therecess 81 whereby the modification process proceeds promptly. It was confirmed that the uniformity of the film quality in the vertical direction is improved as the wet etching rate of the SiN film in the vertical direction is made uniform in this way. - In Comparative Example 2, in order to improve the modification effect, the internal pressure of the
vacuum container 11 in the second modification process is set lower than in the film formation process. However, in Example 1, the second modification process is performed by setting the internal pressure of thevacuum container 11 in the second modification process to be the same as that in the film formation process. Thus, according to the method of the present disclosure, the modification effect can be sufficiently obtained even with the same pressure as that in the film formation process. Therefore, the modification process can be performed while suppressing the decrease in throughput. - According to the present disclosure in some embodiments, a silicon nitride film is formed along an inner wall surface of a recess constituting a pattern formed on a surface of a substrate. Thereafter, a hydrogen gas and an ammonia gas are activated. The gases thus activated are supplied to the substrate. Dangling bonds of the silicon nitride film are bonded by the active species of the hydrogen gas, thereby making the silicon nitride film dense and modifying the silicon nitride film. When the ammonia gas is used, it is inferred that the active species of hydrogen are generated after the ammonia gas enters the lower side in the recess. Therefore, if the ammonia gas is used as a modification gas in addition to the hydrogen gas, it is possible to make the degree of modification of the silicon nitride film uniform in the vertical direction of the recess. This makes it possible to enhance the uniformity of a film quality of the silicon nitride film in the vertical direction of the recess while making the silicon nitride film dense.
- While certain embodiments have been described, these embodiments have been presented by way of example only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosures. Indeed, the embodiments described herein may be embodied in a variety of other forms. Furthermore, various omissions, substitutions and changes in the form of the embodiments described herein may be made without departing from the spirit of the disclosures. The accompanying claims and their equivalents are intended to cover such forms or modifications as would fall within the scope and spirit of the disclosures.
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